Improvement in stalk-cutters



D. URIE. Stalk-Gutter.

Patented April 29, 1879.

LPEIEWS. PHOTO-l-IYOIOGRAPHER. WASHINGTONy D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID URIE, 'OF WARRENSBUBG, MISSOURI.

lM-PROVEM ENT IN STALK-CUTTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 214,971, dated April29, 1879; application led August 31, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID URl', of Warrensburg, in the county of Johnsonand State of Missouri, have invented a new and valua-` ble Improvementin Stalk-Gutters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of thesame, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecification, and to the letters and figures of reference markedthereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representa tion of a side elevation of mystalk-cutter, and Fig. 2 is a vertical central sectional view of thesame.

My invention relates to improvements in stalk-choppers; and it consistsin combining a frame and cutting-cylinder with the front portion of therunnin g-gear of an ordinary wagon by means of clamps and bolts, wherebythe cutter-frame is hinged to the wagon and the tongue is made rigid, aswill be herein after fully described, and particularly pointed out inthe claim.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate myinvention.

A represents the front axle, with sandboard B, wheels C C, hounds D D,and tongue E, of an ordinary farm-wagon, to which I attach thestalk-cutter by clamps. F is the seat for the driver, the stem orsupport of which passes through the hole in the sand-board and axle forthe king-bolt. G Gare clamps, connected by bolts b band nuts a a, andused in connecting the cutter to the front hounds and tongue of thewagon, making a drop or limber tongue perfectly stift and rigid. Hrepresents the wooden frame of the stalk-cutter, connected at its frontend by eyebolts d with the clampbolts b, in such a manner that the frameshall have a free up-and-down motion at its rear. To the frame H aresecured suitable brackets or bearings I I, in which the cutting-cylinderJ is hung. This cylinder may be of any suitable construction, such asare commonly used for the purpose. At the front end of the frame H aresecured rigid arms K K, in the ends of which are pivoted the hooks L L,to gather in the stalks that lie crosswise.

In stalk-cutters `using this class of cy1in.

ders a runnin g-gear has heretofore had to be constructed, consisting ofan extra frame, wheels, and tongue. My invention obviates so much of theexpense.

A portion of an ordinary farm wagon is utilized in helping to constructthe stalk-cutter, enabling the farmer to dispense with the expense offirst procuring and afterward taking care of an extra lot of machinery.

I am aware that stalk-cutters have been connected to the fore part ofthe running-gear of a wagon by means of a short tongue fastened to theframe of the stalk-cutter and connected by the king-bolt, like anordinary coupling-pole of a wagon. This permits the cutter to rock fromside to side, thereby leaving part of its work undone.

By my invention of attaching the cutter by means of clamps, thisdifficulty is entirely obviated. The hinges, passing from thecutter-frame through the clamps on either side of the hounds and tongue,form a coupling so rigid in its nature as to preclude the possibility ofits rocking from side to side, as it would do when coupled from thecenter.

The invention is simple, practical, durable, and cheap.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In combination with the frame H and cutting-cylinder J, and with thefront portion of the. running-gear of an ordinary wagon, the clamps G Grand bolts b b and d d, whereby the cutter-frame is hinged to the wagonand the tongue is made rigid, substantially as set forth. r

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein presence of `two witnesses.

DAVID URIE.

Witnesses W. T. HARRIS, O. I). HAWKINs.

